But he isn't an animal. He's a synthetic biomass of mixed genes. Also, it would bring into question as to whether he is truly sentient due to him being a possibly soulless golem that spits in the face of God by his mere existence. It's like eating an edgy impossible burger.
@Paul_Tromba Sentience has nothing to do if they are made artificially or not. It has to do whether they have feelings of what happens around them. Are they "aware" of the world around them with their 5 senses? If so, they are sentient.
Plants have been proven to feel pain when cut, eaten, and cooked. How aware of the world they are is fairly unknown so they may be completely sentient. Shadow unironically wants to protect humanity and can clone himself as emotionless mindless drones. If he felt it necessary, he could create a clone army of himself, grind them up, and cook them as a synthetic alt meat for the starving population to survive on.